<p>Introduction</p> <p>At IBM, work is more than a job - it's a calling: To build. To design. To code. To consult. To think along with clients and sell. To make markets. To invent. To collaborate. Not just to do something better, but to attempt things you've never thought possible. Are you ready to lead in this new era of technology and solve some of the world's most challenging problems? If so, lets talk.</p> <p>Your role and responsibilities</p> <p>As a member of the Delivery Excellence organization, the Delivery Manager is responsible for leading successful delivery of projects at Neudesic. The role reports to the Regional Delivery Director for the market. This role requires technical expertise, project management experience and highly effective communication and leadership skills.</p> <p>Key Responsibilities:</p> <ul> <li>Partner with account leadership to ensure accountability for successful project delivery. </li><li>Set and ensure quality standards for project deliverables. </li><li>Serve as the project expert in developing against Neudesic's methodology and processes, with particular focus on Agile frameworks. </li><li>Provide weekly project status reports. </li><li>Maintain forecast and actuals of project scope, schedule, and budget. </li><li>Assist with completion of internal and external status reports. </li><li>Assist with coordination and processing of change requests. </li><li>Coordinate and monitor accurate project billing and adhere to all internal and project compliance requirements. </li><li>Coordinate weekly status meetings. </li><li>Escalate risks and issues as necessary. </li><li>Facilitate all project related ceremonies. </li></ul> <p>As of February 9, 2022, Neudesic has been acquired by IBM and is now being integrated into the IBM organization. As a result, your recruitment process will be managed by IBM, which will also be the hiring entity.</p> <p>This job can be performed anywhere in the US</p> <p>Required education</p> <p>Bachelor's Degree</p> <p>Preferred education</p> <p>Master's Degree</p> <p>Required technical and professional expertise</p> <ul> <li>3-4 years of experience functioning as a functional/technical BA. Experience should include development of requirements, defining business rules, and communicating with technical counterparts to confirm alignment of technical requirements. Experience includes working within the Agile framework to confirm acceptance criteria of stories within the backlog with the product owner function. </li><li>4-8 years of experience running projects valued on average between $300k - $2M. Majority of experience is directly in software development, data migration, cloud solutions and cloud infrastructure. Azure experience is a plus. </li><li>Project Management experience is comprised of: </li><li>Average team size ranges between 4-10 people </li><li>Includes mix of both onshore/offshore teams </li><li>Risk identification, triage and management </li><li>Feature/backlog/release prioritization, leading backlog discussions with BA/technical representation to confirm alignment </li><li>Ensuring skill alignment to required tasks within team </li><li>Budget and reporting communication </li><li>Preferred at least 3 years of working in Azure DevOps environment to manage projects, deploying CI/CD pipelines and managing automated builds/testing. </li><li>Deep experience in Agile (Scrum, Kanban), Waterfall, Hybrid. </li><li>Power user of current version MSFT products, including PPT, Visio, Word and Excel. </li><li>Strong communication skills, both written and verbal. Strong customer-facing skills evident by recurring phases of projects and continued exposure to a client with increasing degrees of reporting responsibility and client point of contact responsibility. </li><li>Must be a self-starter who requires minimal supervision. </li></ul> <p>Certifications:</p> <ul> <li>MBA </li><li>CSM Certified ScrumMaster </li><li>PMI-ACP (PMI Agile Certified Practitioner) </li><li>Green Belt Six Sigma </li></ul> <p>ABOUT BUSINESS UNIT</p> <p>IBM Consulting is IBM's consulting and global professional services business, with market leading capabilities in business and technology transformation. With deep expertise in many industries, we offer strategy, experience, technology, and operations services to many of the most innovative and valuable companies in the world. Our people are focused on accelerating our clients' businesses through the power of collaboration. We believe in the power of technology responsibly used to help people, partners and the planet.</p> <p>YOUR LIFE @ IBM</p> <p>In a world where technology never stands still, we understand that, dedication to our clients success, innovation that matters, and trust and personal responsibility in all our relationships, lives in what we do as IBMers as we strive to be the catalyst that makes the world work better.</p> <p>Being an IBMer means you'll be able to learn and develop yourself and your career, you'll be encouraged to be courageous and experiment everyday, all whilst having continuous trust and support in an environment where everyone can thrive whatever their personal or professional background.</p> <p>Our IBMers are growth minded, always staying curious, open to feedback and learning new information and skills to constantly transform themselves and our company. They are trusted to provide on-going feedback to help other IBMers grow, as well as collaborate with colleagues keeping in mind a team focused approach to include different perspectives to drive exceptional outcomes for our customers. The courage our IBMers have to make critical decisions everyday is essential to IBM becoming the catalyst for progress, always embracing challenges with resources they have to hand, a can-do attitude and always striving for an outcome focused approach within everything that they do.</p> <p>Are you ready to be an IBMer?</p> <p>ABOUT IBM</p> <p>IBM's greatest invention is the IBMer. We believe that through the application of intelligence, reason and science, we can improve business, society and the human condition, bringing the power of an open hybrid cloud and AI strategy to life for our clients and partners around the world.</p> <p>Restlessly reinventing since 1911, we are not only one of the largest corporate organizations in the world, we're also one of the biggest technology and consulting employers, with many of the Fortune 500 companies relying on the IBM Cloud to run their business.</p> <p>At IBM, we pride ourselves on being an early adopter of artificial intelligence, quantum computing and blockchain. Now it's time for you to join us on our journey to being a responsible technology innovator and a force for good in the world.</p> <p>IBM is proud to be an equal-opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, pregnancy, disability, neurodivergence, age, or other characteristics protected by the applicable law. IBM is also committed to compliance with all fair employment practices regarding citizenship and immigration status.</p> <p>OTHER RELEVANT JOB DETAILS</p> <p>IBM offers a competitive and comprehensive benefits program. Eligible employees may have access to:</p> <ul> <li>Healthcare benefits including medical & prescription drug coverage, dental, vision, and mental health & well being </li><li>Financial programs such as 401(k), cash balance pension plan, the IBM Employee Stock Purchase Plan, financial counseling, life insurance, short & long- term disability coverage, and opportunities for performance based salary incentive programs </li><li>Generous paid time off including 12 holidays, minimum 56 hours sick time, 120 hours vacation, 12 weeks parental bonding leave in accordance with IBM Policy, and other Paid Care Leave programs. IBM also offers paid family leave benefits to eligible employees where required by applicable law </li><li>Training and educational resources on our personalized, AI-driven learning platform where IBMers can grow skills and obtain industry-recognized certifications to achieve their career goals </li><li>Diverse and inclusive employee resource groups, giving & volunteer opportunities, and discounts on retail products, services & experiences </li></ul> <p>We consider qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with applicable law.</p> <p>This position was posted on the date cited in the key job details section and is anticipated to remain posted for 21 days from this date or less if not needed to fill the role.</p> <p>IBM will not be providing visa sponsorship for this position now or in the future. Therefore, in order to be considered for this position, you must have the ability to work without a need for current or future visa sponsorship.</p> <p>The compensation range and benefits for this position are based on a full-time schedule for a full calendar year. The salary will vary depending on your job-related skills, experience and location. Pay increment and frequency of pay will be in accordance with employment classification and applicable laws. For part time roles, your compensation and benefits will be adjusted to reflect your hours. Benefits may be pro-rated for those who start working during the calendar year.</p>